Back by popular demand, festival-goers will be entertained by Percussion Unlimited on Saturday and The Street Band on Sunday. Another returning attraction is the very popular dog show, organised by 'Beastly Thoughts' professional dog services, which will be on Sunday at noon. In a very welcome change this year, a local scout group will be organising the parking on site and at Peate's Mill, the official event car park. They are using the festival as part of their fund-raising effort to send a representative to the World Scout Jamboree in Japan in 2015, so expect them to be shaking their buckets! They will also be entertaining the crowds with their impressive drum group. Please support them. Festival Photographic Competition We hope to be able to create an exciting and interesting collage of pictures depicting the highlights of the festival and to do this we are holding a photographic competition. There will be a prize for the photograph which best captures the spirit of the event. Images (a maximum of 5 per person) must be submitted in digital format (preferably .jpeg) and can be landscape or portrait. Please send your name, telephone number and e-mail address with your photo to: shrewsandnwales@waterways.org.uk by 1st November 2014. By entering this competition you agree to your photographs being used in any future advertising. The best 2014 pictures will be displayed on the website www.maesburycanalfestival.co.uk. Silent Auction in support of the Festival Dave Walker, fender maker, has generously donated the following two fenders to be auctioned in support of the Maesbury Canal Festival, and to be collected at the event during the weekend September 6-7: One Long Button fender and one Button & Wings (tipcat) 6 sides Please indicate which fender (or both) you are interested in and send your sealed bid to: Button Auction, Pen-y-Garreg Lane, Pant, Oswestry SY10 8JS by 1 August . As well as the amount of your bid please include your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. For further details please contact Dawn Aylwin - 01691 830403 or visit www.maesburycanalfestival.co.uk DawnAylwin
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